Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] for the first time " in BNC.

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1 Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time .
2 They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago .
3 The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time .
4 Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time
5 ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time .
6 Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger .
7 I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek .
8 He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time .
9 Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time .
10 Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives .
11 Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size .
12 And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time .
13 He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders .
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